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Report Summary

  • 27

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    47% of other websites

  • 61

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 27% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 92

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    75% of websites

applyabroad.org

Page Load Speed

2.1 sec in total

First Response

160 ms

Resources Loaded

1.5 sec

Page Rendered

354 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Applyabroad.org page load time and found that the first response time was 160 ms and then it took 1.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 35% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

applyabroad.org performance score

27

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.3 s

40/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.6 s

8/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.4 s

27/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value5,020 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value9.0 s

34/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

applyabroad.org

160 ms

forum

163 ms

281 ms

combo

9 ms

vbulletin-core.js

152 ms

Our browser made a total of 62 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 81% of them (50 requests) were addressed to the original Applyabroad.org, 10% (6 requests) were made to Google.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Yui.yahooapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (411 ms) belongs to the original domain Applyabroad.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 383.3 kB (71%)

Content Size

538.1 kB

After Optimization

154.8 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Applyabroad.org main page is 538.1 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 45% of websites need less resources to load. HTML takes 215.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-88%

Potential reduce by 190.0 kB

  • Original 215.6 kB
  • After minification 194.2 kB
  • After compression 25.6 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 190.0 kB or 88% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-15%

Potential reduce by 10.8 kB

  • Original 71.9 kB
  • After minification 61.2 kB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Obviously, Applyabroad needs image optimization as it can save up to 10.8 kB or 15% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-68%

Potential reduce by 111.8 kB

  • Original 164.1 kB
  • After minification 153.2 kB
  • After compression 52.3 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 111.8 kB or 68% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 70.6 kB

  • Original 86.5 kB
  • After minification 84.9 kB
  • After compression 15.8 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Applyabroad.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 70.6 kB or 82% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 45 (79%)

Requests Now

57

After Optimization

12

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 57 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Applyabroad. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 13 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 7 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

applyabroad.org

applyabroad.org

160 ms

forum

forum

163 ms

281 ms

combo

combo

9 ms

vbulletin-core.js

vbulletin-core.js

152 ms

main-rollup.css

main-rollup.css

161 ms

vbulletin_read_marker.js

vbulletin_read_marker.js

159 ms

forumhome-rollup.css

forumhome-rollup.css

171 ms

sidebar.css

sidebar.css

173 ms

widgets.css

widgets.css

174 ms

tagcloud.css

tagcloud.css

224 ms

vbulletin-sidebar.js

vbulletin-sidebar.js

227 ms

additional.css

additional.css

227 ms

vbulletin_md5.js

vbulletin_md5.js

228 ms

jsapi

jsapi

17 ms

brand

brand

28 ms

brand

brand

34 ms

Ads1.js

Ads1.js

157 ms

SHOWTHREAD_Extension.js

SHOWTHREAD_Extension.js

178 ms

animation-min.js

animation-min.js

6 ms

gradient-grey-down.png

gradient-grey-down.png

96 ms

aalogo_vb4.png

aalogo_vb4.png

95 ms

newbtn_middle.png

newbtn_middle.png

96 ms

selected-tab-gradient-with-top-alpha.png

selected-tab-gradient-with-top-alpha.png

96 ms

arrow.png

arrow.png

95 ms

search_rtl.png

search_rtl.png

96 ms

navbit-home.png

navbit-home.png

184 ms

collapse_40b.png

collapse_40b.png

183 ms

forum_old-48.png

forum_old-48.png

183 ms

subforum_old-48.png

subforum_old-48.png

183 ms

icon5.png

icon5.png

183 ms

lastpost-left.png

lastpost-left.png

182 ms

icon1.png

icon1.png

256 ms

poll_posticon.gif

poll_posticon.gif

257 ms

users_online.png

users_online.png

253 ms

forum_stats.png

forum_stats.png

260 ms

legend.png

legend.png

257 ms

forum_new-16.png

forum_new-16.png

258 ms

forum_old-16.png

forum_old-16.png

329 ms

category-16.png

category-16.png

334 ms

forum_link-16.png

forum_link-16.png

333 ms

tab-collapsed-left.png

tab-collapsed-left.png

331 ms

widget-comment.png

widget-comment.png

334 ms

unknown.gif

unknown.gif

336 ms

avatar130412_6.gif

avatar130412_6.gif

407 ms

widget-forum.png

widget-forum.png

404 ms

avatar82931_5.gif

avatar82931_5.gif

407 ms

avatar294_9.gif

avatar294_9.gif

411 ms

13 ms

default+en.css

default+en.css

3 ms

default+en.I.js

default+en.I.js

10 ms

grey-up.png

grey-up.png

324 ms

rss_40b.png

rss_40b.png

324 ms

gradient-greytowhite.png

gradient-greytowhite.png

391 ms

top-highlight.png

top-highlight.png

392 ms

gradient-black-down.png

gradient-black-down.png

393 ms

bottom-shadow.png

bottom-shadow.png

394 ms

google_custom_search_watermark.gif

google_custom_search_watermark.gif

103 ms

Ads.html

Ads.html

285 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

6 ms

collect

collect

13 ms

collect

collect

54 ms

Accessibility Review

applyabroad.org accessibility score

61

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

[role]s do not have all required [aria-*] attributes

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

applyabroad.org best practices score

67

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

applyabroad.org SEO score

92

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    N/A

  • Language Claimed

    FA

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Applyabroad.org can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Unfortunately we cannot identify language used on the page (probably there is a mix of languages, too little text or something else), while the claimed language is Persian. Our system also found out that Applyabroad.org main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

applyabroad.org

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Applyabroad. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: